Shrada Wandaline Cumbee, 86, Glasgow, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at the NHC Healthcare Center. A native of Barren County, she a daughter of the late John Allen Bowles and Effie Pauline Glass Bowles.
Shrada was a homemaker and mother who loved gardening, sewing, cross-stitching, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended the Big Meadow Baptist Church.
Survivors include five children, Debbie Ward, Rita Cumbee, Raymond “Buddy” Ward, Sandy Lyons (David), and Rhonda Cumbee Beitler (Brett); seven grandchildren: Shannon Ward, Alicia Huff, Brandon Westover, Kali Ervin, Michael Lyons, Chelsea Houchens, and Brent Houchens; one brother, Kyle Bowles (Linda); two sisters, Catherine Bagby (Robert Franklin Bagby) and Vicie Hankins; one sister-in-law, Sue Cumbee; ten great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Marvin Dale Cumbee; one brother, George Luther Bowles, and two sisters, Mary Slone and June Gray.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2025 at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Bowles Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.











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